#NP: Anthony Hamilton + Music

Artist: anthony Hamilton

Song: Please Stay

Album: Point of It All

Rating: Don't Sleep!

This might be my favorite Anthony Hamilton Album. Lyrically I can tell he's a gentlemen. His lyrics are very polite and kind. He uses lots of live instruments especially on his ballads, which I love. This album has so many good tracks on it. I know I have at least one more #NP to get out of it before I move on. So enjoy the ride and the music!

Kelly Rowland Covers Vibe Mags Juice Issue

Who: Kelly Rowland

What: Vibe Magazine Aug/Sept Issue

Wear: Pretty skin and cute nail polish!

Rating: Yup, she's motivated!

Kelly Rowland goes pin-up for Vibe magazine's Juice issue. In the article Rowland talks about her split with long time manager Matthew Knowles, European success, and finding her sexual freedom during the making of this album.

Go Kelly Go!

Check out the BTS video from her cover shoot.

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Oh My Dandy!! Kanye West & Amare Stoudemire Become Women's Designers

Who: Amare Stoudemire & Kanye West 

What: New Women's Wear Collections
Wear: Style from the male POV

I love love love Rachel Roy. Her collections are smart, feminine, and adventurous all at the same time. To hear of her creating yet a third line is very exciting news.

This time a collaborative effort with the stylish, Amare Stoudemire, Roy says the line will be geared towards, "A girl that goes to sporting events. She goes to a basketball event or maybe football events. She needs something that is modern, something that represents her in a way that doesn't look like it just came out of a sporting good shop... I think I would like to teach girls that you don't have to wear high heels to watch sports, but you can be casually chic."

Stoudemire, who says Rachel is the driver and he's just the maintenance man of the creative relationship, will be lending his personal style and taste to the line.

                                        

The collection will be available in select Macy's, with prices ranging from $45-$250.

Rating: Easy fabrics, cool colors, and statement pieces.

Kanye West for Louis

Kanye West is set  to release his new collaborative effort with British Designer Louise Griffin in the September shows at Bryant Park. The line will not be a rebirth of West's first initiative Pastelle. However insiders are expecting Kanye to be extremely hands on, and for the line to be overall well thought out and executed. West will be leaning on his personal style, like Stoudemire, but will have the advantage of his experiences from brief internships with major deign houses like, Fendi and Louis Vuitton, to back him up.

Rating: Heavy design details, embellishments, luxurious fabrics and skins, and very sexy silhouettes.

I'm interested and definitely not knocking either of the lines until I see some product. I know better than to think that great collections are built on personal style, especially when the designers themselves aren't familiar with the cut and form of the body. Enter designer Rachel Roy and Loise Green to help nurture and guide the men's influenced women's lines. We'll see how my ratings for the two collections holds up.

Totally Obsessed, xoxo Love

Endless Colors, Endless Shapes, Endless Couture

Who:Cheyenne Frison & Bobbie Gobert

What: Owners of Endless Couture

Wear: Handmade/ Painted Earrings

Rating: Philosophy #75- A girl can never have too many pairs of hoop earrings.

Based out of Los Angeles, pals Bobbie Gobert and Cheyenne Frison created the fun and colorful earring collection, Endless Couture. EC offers an eclectic mix of hand painted & hand assembled earrings. Still relatively knew, the three month old company is already making its mark. While you can shop the jewels in local LA shops and festivals, recently they secured placement in the Japanese market, thanks to the help of stylist Mr. Bradshaw. That's hot, congratulations girlies!

Clients sporting Endless Couture @ the UCLA Jazz /Reggae Fest

With prices ranging from $16 to $45 there is something for everyone. The most popular sellers are the Perfect 10's "Day & Night". Night happens to be my favorite pair of the collection. I'm a magnet to gold jewelry.

Endless Couture Perfect 10 "Day"

Endless Couture Perfect 10 "Night"

Endless couture has been worn by Maybach Music artist Teedra Moses, gospel singer Onitsha, and LA based R&B singer songwriter Jazzy. 

Endless Couture PeachyKeen

"We take pride in our products as well as our customer service." 

--the EC girls

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@endlesscouture

Thought of the Day

"My future depends mainly on my self"

-Paul Robeson

"Through my singing and acting and speaking, I want to make freedom ring. Maybe I can touch people's hearts better than I can their minds, with the common struggle of the common man."

-- Paul Robeson

#NP: Alanis Morissette +Bonus Vid

Artist: Alanis Morissette

Song: You Oughta Know

Album: Jagged Little Pill

Rating: Sang this at karaoke recently... it was a winner!!!

Bonus: If you didn't catch the tour Bey added this one into "If I Were A Boy".

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Many women and mens inspired by celebrity short hairstyles when they gone to function or any party on the beach.

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Medium curly hairstyles Jessica Alba in 2011
Medium curly hairstyles need a lot of maintenance but it is sure worth the effort to look that stylish drop dead look!

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make sure your face shape will suit a curly haircut. If, for example, you have a long face, you’ll want to stay away from a long straight hairstyle. Then you want to ensure that the curly medium hairstyle you choose does not become a burden.

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Medium layered hairstyles are excellent choices for many women. Medium hair gives you all the length that you really need, but it also gives you the same ease that short hairstyles can. Medium hairstyles suit any face shape, and they are excellent for busy women. Thankfully, medium length hairstyles are also very versatile; you can pull them back if you need a more formal look.

Following First Lady Michelle Obama

The First Lady in a white cardigan, tank, and eyelet skirt paired with green patent pumps, waiting  to be introduced at an event held at the Claremont Hotel & Spa
photo by Lawrence Jackson

Who: First Lady Michelle Obama

What: Various Appearances

Wear: Classic American Style

Rating: She's Every Woman

I rated this post "She's Every Woman" because the more I follow Michelle Obama's style the more I realize that her public persona represents more than just the black women.  Coupled with her personal style, her personality speaks to the wife, the mother, the entrepreneur, the girlfriend and so many of the roles that women take on. i love her contributions, her intelligence, and independent brilliance. Here are a few of her most recent appearances.

Totally Obsessed xoxo, Love

Better Homes & Gardens August Cover Story
Wearing Talbot's Chalet Bouquet Dress, Buttercup Cardigan, and Embellished Belt

Narciso Rodriguez  Cotton Poplin Dress worn to a White House Announcement for Her Let's Move Campaign, where 1500 stores will be opened offering nutritious foods in communities hat have been named "food deserts".
photo by Mark Wilson/ Getty Images 

The Obama's attend St.John's episcopal Church.
first Lady in Jason Wu resort 2011 printed Daffodil dress.
photo by Carolyn Kaster/ AP Images

#NP: Prince + Vid

Artist: Prince

Song: If I Was Your Girlfriend

Album: Sign O' The Times

Rating: "... even if that somebody was me, yayy hee-hee" P.s. I love his accessories in the video. 

Song Facts: 

Did you know that as successful as this song has become over the years it didn't chart well when it was first released? 

Also it was noted that the songs female point-of-view was derived from the close relationship Prince's then girlfriend Susannah Melvoin had with best friend Wendy Melvoin. 

Valentino Dresses

Jessica Biel was one of the red carpet standouts at the Golden Globes on Monday night in a glimmering beaded Valentino dress and intricate Lorraine Schwartz diamond earrings — too bad that Hilary Swank also looked glam in the same “vintage” dress just 3 years ago at the 2004 Vanity Fair Oscars party. Did she not note Reese Witherspoon‘s Chanel dress mix-up from last year’s Globes? As for Valentino, reps for the house say “Valentino dresses are timeless and each woman brings to them her own interpretation. . .two beautiful actresses can be different and great even in the same dress.”

February 27th was the day of the Césars. The French Oscars have had their share of controversy (there was a viral video of Emma Thompson rescuing a lovely Miss with a serious wardrobe malfunction, on the very César stage!) but there’s also something fashionable to talk about!

Diane Kruger was one of the presenters that night and she chose an interesting (to say the least about it!) dress for the occasion: Valentino! And not just any Valentino dress, a gown signed by Alessandra Facchinetti from the Spring 2009 Ready to Wear collection. (more images after the jump!)

The fashion world may have disapproved Alessandra’s collection, but here’s Diane saying different! The dress looked rather strange to my eyes, somewhat slouchy but it did raise my eyebrows and interested me in a way a classic dress wouldn’t have. How do you feel about this dress and Diane wearing it?